—json {
"name":"SB 5.24.6", "h1":"SB 5.24.6", "label":"Text 6", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.24.6", "description":"Below the abodes of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas by a distance of 100 yojanas [800 miles] is the planet earth. Its upper limits extend as high as swans, hawks, eagles and similar large birds can fly."
} —
tato 'dhastāc chata-yojanāntara iyaṁ pṛthivī yāvad dhaṁsa-bhāsa-śyena-suparṇādayaḥ patattri-pravarā utpatantīti.
tataḥ adhastāt—beneath that; śata-yojana—of one hundred yojanas; antare—by an interval; iyam—this; pṛthivī—planet earth; yāvat—as high as; haṁsa—swans; bhāsa—vultures; śyena—eagles; suparṇa-ādayaḥ—and other birds; patattri-pravarāḥ—the chief among birds; utpatanti—can fly; iti—thus.
Below the abodes of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas by a distance of 100 yojanas [800 miles] is the planet earth. Its upper limits extend as high as swans, hawks, eagles and similar large birds can fly.